Chair
Rennels opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and asked for public
comment on the Larimer County Land Use Code and the County Budget. No one addressed the
Board regarding these topics. Chair Rennels and Commissioner Gibson took this
opportunity to publicly thank Commissioner Bender for his service as County Commissioner during the past four
years. Chair Rennels then noted that the following items are consent and would
not be discussed unless requested by the Board, staff, or members of the
audience.

1. FOOTHILLSBAPTISTCHURCHMINORLAND DIVISION; 04-S2315: This is a request for
approval of a Minor Land Division to formally subdivide an existing church from
a vacant parcel of land for a residential use. The Board of County Commissioners
approved the use of the MLD process during public hearing on 10-4-04 to create a plat of
record for the two uses. The applicant seeks approval for a Minor Land
Division on approximately 7.7 acres into 2, lots being approximately 2.34 acres
and 4.47 acres in size. One lot will be used for the existing church facility
and the other for a single-family residential use. The existing “lots” were
created by metes and bounds descriptions in the early 1970’s but were never
formally subdivided through Larimer County. In addition, the
church has been in place since the early 1970’s and a new single family
residence would be built on the new lot at the south end of the site. The
property is located on the south side of 22nd Street adjacent to the Namaqua
Hills subdivision in the City of Loveland. Both lots would exceed the minimum lot size
allowed by the FA-Farming zoning, and the church has been in place since the
1970’s. Approval of the request would divide the property into two legal
lots. No Staff members from the County Planning, Engineering and Health departments objected to
the request; however, The Engineering Department has asked for some additional
information related to drainage at the site. The applicant’s Engineer must
provide this information to the Engineering Department for review and approval
prior to the recording of the MLD Plat. Given the minimal level of development
proposed, being one additional residential use, Staff does not anticipate
difficulty in the applicant’s being able to satisfy this request. The Health
Department provided revised comments for the request, and recommended
conditions of approval. These conditions relate to the applicant’s ability to
connect to public water and sanitary sewer systems. No other agencies or individuals
contacted the Planning Department to raise objections.

The Development Services Team findings are as
follows: 1. The Foothills Baptist Church MLD is consistent with the review
criteria and standards of Section 5.4 (Minor Land Division) of the Larimer
County Land Use Code, provided the applicant complies with all conditions of
approval. 2. The Foothills Baptist Church MLD is not part of a previously
recorded exemption or subdivision. 3. The Foothills Baptist Church MLD will
exceed the minimum lot size requirements for the FA-Farming zone die District
where it is located. 4. The parcels created by approval of the Foothills
Baptist Church MLD meet or exceed the minimum access standards of the County
Engineering Department. 5. The Foothills Baptist Church MLD will not result
in any negative impacts to surrounding properties or uses. The Development
Services Team recommends approval of the Foothills Baptist Church Minor Land
Division, Planning File #04-S2368, subject to the following conditions and
authorization for the Chair to sign the plat when the conditions are met and
the plat presented for signature: 1. The Plat for the Foothills Baptist Church
Minor Land Division shall be consistent with the approved plan and with the
information contained in File #04-S2368 except as modified by the conditions of
approval or agreement of the County and applicant. 2. All
conditions shall be met and the Final Plat recorded by 7-10-05, or this approval shall
be null and void. 3. The applicant shall provide a Drainage Memo as required
by the 12-1-04 comments from the
County Engineering Department. The Transportation Capital Expansion Fee and
the Drainage Basin Fee shall be paid at time of building permit for Lot 2 as noted in the
Engineering Department’s memo. 4. Development on Lot 2 will require public
water and sewer at the time a building permit is issued. 5. The existing
septic system on Lot 1 shall be converted to
public sewer at such time as an expansion of the building is planned, or if the
system should fail or malfunction.

2. TARUMMINORLAND DIVISION NAME CHANGE;
04-S2315:
This is a request to change the title of the Tarum Minor Land Division; in
1994, a Minor Land Division titled the Tarum MLD– 94-EX0596 was approved and
recorded, which MLD created two lots. Then on July 9, 2004, the Board of County
Commissioners approved another Minor Land Division to further divide Lot 2 of the 1994 Tarum MLD
into two lots. The Title of this new Minor Land Division application was
approved and recorded as the Tarum Minor Land Division - 04-S2315. After
approving and recording the Minor Land division it became
apparent that the title description would likely create confusion because the
titles of two Minor Land Division Final Plats were too much alike. Therefore,
to minimize the level of confusion created by these recorded plats, the
Planning Department is requesting that the Board of County Commissioners
approve a change to the title of the most recent Tarum MLD - 04-S2315 recorded
on 12/06/2004 at Reception #2004-0116490 to read: Tarum 2nd Minor
Land Division – 04-S2315 being a Minor Land Division of Lot 2 of the Tarum
Minor Land Division – 94-EX0596. The Development Services Team recommendation
is for approval of the name change of the Tarum Minor Land Division – 04-S2315
to Tarum 2nd Minor Land Division 04-S2315 being a Minor Land
Division of Lot 2 of the Tarum Minor Land Division-94-EX0596.

3. REU RANCH RURAL LAND USE PLAN LOT 3 EASEMENT
VACATION; 04-S2369:
This is a request to vacate the southerly 6.00 feet of the existing 20.00 foot
Utility Easement located on Lot
3 as shown on the recorded plat of Reu Ranch R.L.U.P. 00-S1707. This changes
the Utility Easement from a 20.00 foot to a 14.00 foot utility easement. The
applicant requests authorization to vacate the southerly 6.00 feet of the
existing 20.00 foot Utility Easement located on Lot 3 as shown on the recorded plat of Reu Ranch
R.L.U.P. 00-S1707. This changes the Utility Easement from a 20.00 foot to a
14.00 foot utility easement. This request is being made because a new barn was
built in the wrong place, encroaching roughly 6 feet into an existing utility
easement. The applicants have requested a setback variance from the County Board of Adjustment. The
hearing for the request is scheduled for December 28, 2004. If this variance is
approved, the applicants also wish to have 6 feet of the utility easement
vacated in order to ensure that the utility easement accurately reflects the
existing conditions. The various affected utility providers have signed the
utilities checklist form, thereby approving the vacation request. Approval of
the Reu Ranch R.L.U.P. was granted by the Larimer County Board of Commissioners
on November
20, 2001,
with the Final Plat, Development Agreement, and other related documents
recorded on December
12, 2001,
at Reception Nos. 2001113828 thru 2001113833 of the Larimer County Records.
This application was forwarded to the appropriate departments and agencies for
comment. The responses from other agencies reveal that there are no other
issues of concern. Staff recommendation is for approval of the utility
easement for Reu Ranch R.L.U.P 00-S1707, File # 04-S2369.

M O T
I O N

Commissioner
Bender moved that the Board of County Commissioners approve the Consent Agenda
as presented and outlined above.

1. BOARD
REORGANIZATION FOR 2005: Commissioner Wagner nominated Commissioner Rennels to serve
another term as Chair and Commissioner Gibson supported the nomination.

M O T
I O N

Commissioner
Gibson moved that the Board of County Commissioners appoint Kathay Rennels as
the Chair for 2005, and authorize her to buy and sell real estate upon approval
of the Board.

Motion
carried 3-0.

M O T
I O N

Commissioner
Wagner moved that the Board of County Commissioners appoint Glenn Gibson as the
Chair Pro-Tem for 2005, and authorize him to buy and sell real estate in the absence
of the Chair upon approval of the Board.

Motion
carried 3-0.

2.
DESIGNATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE POSTINGS FOR MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS:

M O T
I O N

Commissioner
Gibson moved that the Board of County Commissioners approve the Resolution
designating the public place in which notice is posted of meetings of the Board
of County Commissioners.

Motion
carried 3-0.

011120054007 RESOLUTION
DESIGNATING THE PUBLIC
PLACE
IN WHICH NOTICE IS POSTED OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS

3.
BOARD ASSIGNMENTS:
The Board discussed and chose their Board and Committee assignments for the
upcoming year.

M O T
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Commissioner
Wagner moved that the Board of County Commissioners approve BCC Policy P #2I
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.

Motion
carried 3-0.

As a side
note, Commissioner Wagner suggested the possibility of creating a Latino Issues
Advisory Board in order to address matters of concern regarding the Latino
population within the county. Mr. Lancaster noted that he would set a
worksession so the Board could discuss this in further detail.

4.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR JANUARY 3, 2005:

M O T
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Commissioner
Gibson moved that the Board of County Commissioners approve the Minutes for the
week of January
3, 2005 as
presented.

Motion
carried 2-0 (Commissioner Wagner abstained).

5.
REVIEW OF THE SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 17, 2005: Ms. Hart reviewed the
upcoming schedule with the Board.

6.
CONSENT AGENDA:

M O T
I O N

Commissioner
Wagner moved that the Board of County Commissioners approve the following items
as presented on the Consent Agenda for January 11, 2005:

01112005A001 WARRANTY
MEMORANDUM FOR HULL SUBDIVISION 02-S1988
BETWEEN THE BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS AND SUZANNE AND TYSON HULL